Me & Roboco

Me & Roboco (Japanese: 僕とロボコ, Hepburn: Boku to Roboko) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shuhei Miyazaki. It has been serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 2020. The series is published digitally in English language by Viz Media. A 28-episode anime television series adaptation by Gallop was broadcast on TV Tokyo from December 2022 to June 2023. A film adaptation has been announced.

Me & Roboco
Cover of the first volume, an homage to the first volume of Doraemon
僕とロボコ
(Boku to Roboko)
GenreFantasy comedy[1]
Manga
Written byShuhei Miyazaki
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 6, 2020 – present
Volumes13
Anime television series
Directed byAkitaro Daichi
Written bySayuri Ooba
StudioGallop
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run December 5, 2022 – June 19, 2023
Episodes28

Plot

Set in a future where every household owns maid robots known as OrderMaids, average grade-schooler, Bondo Taira, dreams of having his very own robot because his friends, Gachi Gorilla and Motsuo Kaneo, always brag about Kaneo's OrderMaid, Meico. With some convincing, Bondo manages to make his mom agree and get them one, but what he receives is an unable-to-compute maid named Roboco, the most powerful clumsy maid ever created. With Roboco's arrival, Bondo's life starts to get a whole lot weirder.

Characters
Roboco (ロボコ, Roboko)
Voiced by: Shun Matsuo,[3] Inori Minase[4] ("Weak-kneed" Roboco)
A self proclaimed 17 year old order maid who serves Bondo. She has a heavyset body structure and masculine legs. When she has low battery, her body changes to a slim petite girl's.
Bondo Taira (平 凡人, Taira Bondo)
Voiced by: Minami Tsuda[3]
Bondo is a regular 10 year old boy. He always deals with Roboco's antics, but he tolerates them and he actually feels lonely when she is not around. He is obsessed with Weekly Shōnen Jump.
Gachi Gorilla (我知 ゴリラ, Gachi Gorira)
Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu[3]
Gachi Gorilla is one of Bondo's best friends and older brother to his sister Ruri. Gachi Gorilla does not hesitate to help his friends when they are in trouble. When he is not playing with his friends, he is helping his mom to lookout for his siblings.
Motsuo Kaneo (金尾 モツオ, Kaneo Motsuo)
Voiced by: Shunsuke Takeuchi[3]
Motsuo is Bondo's other best friend who also owns a order maid named Meico. He is the richest and smartest among his friends. His father wanted to enroll him in an overseas elementary school, but he refused. Instead, he made a deal with his dad to become the first in every national mock exam in order to stay with his friends until he graduates.
Madoka (円)
Voiced by: M.A.O[3]
Madoka is 11 year old girl who also works as part time idol. Bondo has a crush on her and is always trying hard to impress her. Madoka has a unique mood swing: she turns masculine whenever she is in serious mode.
Meiko (メイコ)
Voiced by: Sae Hiratsuka[3]
Bondo's Mom (ボンドのママ, Bondo no Mama)
Voiced by: Kotono Mitsuishi[3]
Bondo's mother. She is often seen carrying a knife around, even when she does not need it.
Millie (ミリー, Mirī)
Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka[5]

Media

Manga

Me & Roboco is written and illustrated by Shuhei Miyazaki. The series began in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump on July 6, 2020.[6][7] Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume (whose cover is a parody of the first Doraemon volume)[8] was released on November 4, 2020.[9] As of August 4, 2023, fourteen volumes have been released.[10]

The series is published digitally in English language by Viz Media.[11] In July 2021, Viz Media announced that they would published the volumes digitally;[12] the first volume was released on October 26, 2021.[13]

Volumes
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 November 4, 2020[9]978-4-08-882509-0October 26, 2021 (digital)[13]978-1-9747-2229-7
2 February 4, 2021[14]978-4-08-882548-9January 25, 2022 (digital)[15]978-1-9747-3133-6
3 April 2, 2021[16]978-4-08-882595-3April 26, 2022 (digital)[17]978-1-9747-3198-5
4 July 2, 2021[18]978-4-08-882708-7July 26, 2022 (digital)[19]978-1-9747-3320-0
5 October 4, 2021[20]978-4-08-882760-5October 25, 2022 (digital)[21]978-1-9747-3545-7
6 January 4, 2022[22]978-4-08-882845-9January 24, 2023 (digital)[23]978-1-9747-3596-9
7 March 4, 2022[24]978-4-08-883037-7April 25, 2023 (digital)[25]978-1-9747-3848-9
8 June 3, 2022[26]978-4-08-883098-8July 25, 2023 (digital)[27]978-1-9747-3970-7
9 August 4, 2022[28]978-4-08-883196-1October 24, 2023 (digital)[29]978-1-9747-4210-3
10 October 4, 2022[30]978-4-08-883290-6——
11 December 2, 2022[31]978-4-08-883337-8——
12 March 3, 2023[32]978-4-08-883432-0——
13 June 2, 2023[33]978-4-08-883554-9——
14 August 4, 2023[10]978-4-08-883590-7——

Anime

In May 2022, it was announced that the series would be adapted into an anime television series.[34] The series is produced by Gallop, and directed by Akitaro Daichi, with Michihiro Sato serving as assistant director, Sayuri Ooba overseeing the series' scripts, and Yūko Ebara designing the characters. It was broadcast for 28 episodes from December 5, 2022, to June 19, 2023, on TV Tokyo and its affiliates, and consists of five-minute episodes.[35][36] The theme song is "lol" by Gang Parade.[3] Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia.[37]

Film

A film adaptation was announced on June 12, 2023, and is set to premiere in Q1 2024 in Japan.[38][39]

Other

In July 2022, a live-action project was announced.[40] It was later revealed to be a collaboration with cosplayer Enako, and a Roboco figure produced by Sentinel Co., Ltd. as part of its Riobot series of figurines.[41][42]

Reception

Me & Roboco was nominated for the Best Printed Manga category in the 2021 Next Manga Awards and placed 13th out of 50 nominees.[43] The series ranked 11th on the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2022.[44]

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